Definitions for Magi

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Magi Ma·gi

Spelling: [mey-jahy]

IPA: /ˈmeɪ dʒaɪ/

Magi is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Magi (agim).

Definitions for Magi

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
2. (lowercase) a magician, sorcerer, or astrologer.
3. (sometimes lowercase) a Zoroastrian priest. Compare Magi (def 2).

plural noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) the wise men, generally assumed to be three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus. Matt. 2:1–12. Compare Balthazar (def 1), Caspar (def 1), Melchior (def 1).
2. (sometimes lowercase) the class of Zoroastrian priests in ancient Media and Persia, reputed to possess supernatural powers.
3. (lowercase) astrologers.

Origin of Magi

See origin at Magus

Examples for Magi

When the Magi became organized in Media, they spread in every direction.

The Magi of his time were opposed to his innovations; and they, therefore, were condemned by him.

The long journey of the Magi—the Wise Men—in pursuit of a single star.

He found that the eminent of the Magi usurped the sovereignty after the death of Cambyses.

On the right was the Virgin Mary, and on the left one of the eastern Magi.

This book looks at the origins of St. Nicholas, the Magi, and so on.

In the next page he deals with a well in the hands of the Magi.

All of the Magi were not thus learned, only those of the higher order.

The Magi, from the time of Zoroaster, have deemed it the symbol of purity.

But in public secular affairs they seem to be recognised as Magi.